Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1887-03-10
HOUSE.


Office act was passed under the suspension
of the rules The Senate amendments to
the legislative appropriation bill were
non-concurred in, and Mr.. Burns, Of Mis-
souri,, succeeded in suspending the rules
and passing an urgency deficiency bill MS
substitute for the regular appropriation
bill. Mr.. Blount. of Georgia, reporteda
further disagreement of the conference
on the postofllce appropriation bill
South American mail subsidy clauses. A
motion by Bingham that the House recedo
from Its disagreement to these clauses was
ncgatived-t39 to 9S-and q further con.
ference was ordered. Senate bills
were passed authorizing the con.
stmction of bridge across the Missis,
sippi river ut Grand Tower, H., and
authorizing John f. Chamberlain to erect
u hotel at Fl Monroe. On motion of
Anderson, of Ohio, the House passed
over the Presidents veto, the Senate bill
for the erection of public building at
Dayton, o., by 1873 to GO. Wilson, Of
Va, reported further disagreement over
the District of Columbia appropriation
bill. The House is doing little business
beyond the passage of various private
bills.
SENATE.
WASHINGTON March 4--This Is tho
continuation Of the legislative day Of
March 3. The Senate confirmed various
nominations. The general deficiency bill
was passed, The following bills also
passed: House hill for bridge across
the Mississippi at Winona, Mimi, bridge
across the Mississippi nj TT, Madison or
keokuk; across tho Missouri river at
Pierre City, Oak, and across the Mis-
souri, river at Yankton, Oak. The forti.
iication bill WIS abandoned in the con,
ference, The deficiency bill failed for
want of time TO ongross il. The Senate
bill appropriating $50, 600 for the Senate
Investigations ordered this session, and
the House bill for the loan of government
articles to the industrial exhibition at
Minneapolis, passed. Sherman and Sails
bury were appointed to join II like com.
mittce appointed on the part of the House
TO wait upon the President and in
form him that the two Houses had
completed their business and were ready
TO adjourn, During the closing quarter
hour of the Senate the enrolled District
of Columbia appropriation bill was sign
ed by the presiding officer and sent to the
President for his signature. The confer
ence report on the Deficiency bill could
not be reported in time, and died, The
usual vote of thanks was rendered TO the
presiding officer, and the President hay
ing signiied that he had nothing further
to communicate, tho Senate was declared
adjourned sine die,
At 4:80 a. m. the House engaged In the
90 A., h,,,
awaiting the preparation of the confer
cnce report on the legislative appropria-
ton bill As soon as the report was sub.
mitted IL was acted upon. The naval ap.
preparation bill as agreed 10 passed the
the House. AT O'Clock Struble of Iowa,
called up the veto message of the
President on tho Senate bill for
the erection of a public building at Sioux
City. Iowa The House refused TO pass
the bill over the Presidents veto by vote
Of l0S yeas, to " nays, not the constitu.
tional two-thirds. Nelson, Of Minnesota,
moved SUSPENSION Of the rules to pass
the bill granting TO the Clark's Fork and
Cook city Railroad Co., n right of way
through the Crow reservation in Montana.
Agreed to and the bill passed Disagree.
ment on the fertilization bill was reported,
and the bill died. Burns Of Missouri
presented conference report on the
general deficiency bill and II was agreed
to. 1t containes provision for the com
pletion of four steel cruisers, but omits
the appropriations for the payment Of the
Central Pacific and Choctaw claims. A
message was received from the President
saying he had no further communication
to make to congress, and the speaker,
after short speech thanking the members
for their resolutions, declared the House
adjourned sine die.